The Russian lizard sex satellite, which had been orbiting unresponsively as reported by multiple outlets thrilled to be able to include “lizard sex satellite” in a headline, is fine now that researchers have regained control.

Unless they can patent a walk in the woods, pharmaceutical companies are out of luck: doctors are prescribing time outdoors.

“In 2 kilometers, turn right for a pleasant view.” Yahoo researchers have programmed a GPS algorithm to generate the most scenic route to your destination.

What happens when the governor of California takes an interest in your paleoecology paper? A key consensus statement on climate change.

How much does it matter where the economics PhD you’ve just hired attended school? Plenty: the top schools’ graduates have a worse publication record in top journals than those from other schools. And a new paper identifies scientific “Kardashians,” who have more Twitter followers than they “deserve” based on their citation record. A debate on Twitter over the value of Twitter followers ensued.

A private fertility clinic in Calgary has come under fire when a single white female patient claimed that a doctor informed her that she could only obtain sperm from white donors. Following this, the clinic’s administrative director explained the policy further, claiming that “…I’m not sure that we should be creating rainbow families just because some single woman decides that that’s what she wants. That’s her prerogative, but that’s not her prerogative in our clinic.” Facing widespread criticism, the clinic claimed that they no longer had a “mixed-race” ban and that the remarks were the opinion of a single doctor.

Here are some declassified secret plans from the 1960s for an American moon base, as well as a thorough justification for their participation in the space race.

Scans of Neymar’s brain show reduced activity during motor skills exercises, suggesting that the soccer superstar plays on “autopilot.”

Eleanor Louson is a PhD student in the Science and Technology Studies program at York University. She has degrees in biochemistry and philosophy from Bishop's University and a MA from the IHPST. She now works in the philosophy and history of biology, with a focus on wildlife films and the representation of animal behaviour.

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